Comden and Green

Comden and Green was the writing duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. They wrote lyrics and books for musical stage plays, and lyrics and screenplays for movies. They worked with several musical collaborators, including Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein.

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Betty Comden - Adolph Green - Jule Styne - Leonard Bernstein

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Comden and Green's hits include the Broadway musicals On the Town and Wonderful Town, each of which was a celebration of New York City and which were adapted into movie musicals as well, and On the Twentieth Century and Bells Are Ringing. They also worked on the musical films Singin' in the Rain (most of whose songs were from other MGM musicals) and The Band Wagon. They wrote some of the songs to the famous version of Peter Pan which starred Mary Martin in the title role, first on Broadway and later on television.

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On the Town - Wonderful Town - Movie musical - On the Twentieth Century - Bells Are Ringing - Singin' in the Rain - The Band Wagon - Peter Pan - Mary Martin

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Green died on October 24, 2002.

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October 24 - 2002

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